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Compliance Guides Index

Use the Compliance Guides Index as your first resource in maintaining compliance with FSIS policies. For the most recent regulatory information, please visit the Regulations, Directives & Notices page.

Sanitation Guidance for Beef Grinders(Jan 2012; PDF Only)
The purpose of this guidance is to help small and very small establishments develop and implement sanitation procedures that better protect public health and to maintain uniform production records for the production of non-intact raw beef products. It includes a production record template, Fresh Ground Beef Production Log/Tracking List, that industry may use to enable efficient traceback in the event of a foodborne illness investigation.

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N60 Sampling Update(WMV)
The video demonstrates the techniques used for FSIS N60 sampling. Topics include a description of the N60 sampling procedures, needed supplies, changes in sampling procedures, and sample packaging and shipping.

Meat and Poultry Hazards and Controls Guide(Oct 4, 2005; PDF Only)
FSIS developed this guide to help FSIS personnel to evaluate all aspects of an establishment's system for producing processed meat and poultry products.

Supervisory Guideline for Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Regulatory Requirements(1998; PDF Only)
FSIS provides guidance to Field Operations supervisors on how to assign, guide, direct, and assess the work of inspection personnel performing in-plant Basic and Other Compliance/Noncompliance procedures that are designed to support the inspection system activities and enforcement of regulatory requirements in establishments subject to the Pathogen Reduction-Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) rule.

Import

Compliance Guide: Data Samples and Guidelines for Using the PGA Message Set for Electronic Completion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Application for Import Inspection (FSIS Form 9540-1) (Feb 2015; PDF)
This document is intended as a guide to understanding the FSIS data requirements when an Automated Broker Interface filer (broker or self-filing importer) is using the Automated Commercial Environment System of Customs and Border Protection to provide PGA Message Set data.

Slaughter Inspection

Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection: Chilling Requirements(2014)
This compliance guide contains information regarding how establishments producing ready-to-cook (RTC) poultry can meet the new chilling requirements by implementing former regulatory time and temperature provisions that the final rule on modernization of poultry inspection removed from 9 CFR 381.66 (b) or by following the time and temperature chilling procedures that FSIS approved under the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP).

Mobile Slaughter Unit Compliance Guide(May 24, 2010; PDF Only)
This guideline is intended for owners and managers of a new or existing red meat or poultry MSU who want their establishment to come under Federal inspection and continue operations in accordance with Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulations.

Mobile Slaughter Seminars
These two seminars discuss the use of livestock and poultry mobile slaughter units and potentially cost-effective options for small and remote producers needing access to an inspected facility so that they can sell their product commercially.

Labeling Policy Guidance - Uncooked, Breaded, Boneless Poultry Products(Updated Jan 17, 2007; PDF only)
This document provides guidance to the industry on the modifications that are necessary for the labeling of uncooked, breaded (both pre-browned and not pre-browned), boneless poultry products that also may be stuffed or filled, char-marked, or artificially colored.

Foodborne Pathogen Test Kits Validated by Independent Organizations | PDF
FSIS is making available a list of test kits that have been validated for detection of relevant foodborne pathogens (i.e. Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria spp. including L. monocytogenes). These lists are intended to be informational and are not an endorsement or approval of any particular method, regardless of its inclusion in the list.

FSIS Guidance for Evaluating Test Kit Performance(PDF Only)
This guidance document is intended to assist the design of validation experiments for methods used to detect bacterial pathogens in matrices such as meat, poultry, and egg products, and environmental samples.